India is the seventh largest country by area located in South Asia. It has over 1.2 billion people, making it the second most populous country and largest democracy. India shares land borders with Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, and has maritime borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. India was home to ancient civilizations and is the birthplace of several major world religions. After being colonized by Britain in the 19th century, India gained independence in 1947. India has the tenth largest economy by GDP and is one of the fastest growing, though still faces challenges of poverty, illiteracy and health issues. It is a federal constitutional republic with diverse society and protected wildlife habitats.
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India is the seventh largest country by area located in South Asia. It has over 1.2 billion people, making it the second most populous country and largest democracy. India shares land borders with Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, and has maritime borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. India was home to ancient civilizations and is the birthplace of several major world religions. After being colonized by Britain in the 19th century, India gained independence in 1947. India has the tenth largest economy by GDP and is one of the fastest growing, though still faces challenges of poverty, illiteracy and health issues. It is a federal constitutional republic with diverse society and protected wildlife habitats.
India is the seventh largest country by area located in South Asia. It has over 1.2 billion people, making it the second most populous country and largest democracy. India shares land borders with Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, and has maritime borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. India was home to ancient civilizations and is the birthplace of several major world religions. After being colonized by Britain in the 19th century, India gained independence in 1947. India has the tenth largest economy by GDP and is one of the fastest growing, though still faces challenges of poverty, illiteracy and health issues. It is a federal constitutional republic with diverse society and protected wildlife habitats.
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India is the seventh largest country by area located in South Asia. It has over 1.2 billion people, making it the second most populous country and largest democracy. India shares land borders with Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, and has maritime borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. India was home to ancient civilizations and is the birthplace of several major world religions. After being colonized by Britain in the 19th century, India gained independence in 1947. India has the tenth largest economy by GDP and is one of the fastest growing, though still faces challenges of poverty, illiteracy and health issues. It is a federal constitutional republic with diverse society and protected wildlife habitats.
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ndia
( i /ˈɪndiə/), conventional long name Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya;
see also official names of India), is a state located in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by
geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, the People's Republic of China and Nepal to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[13] Four of the world's major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainismand Sikhism—originated here, while Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region'sdiverse culture.[14] Gradually annexed by the British East India Company from the early 18th century and colonised by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence which was marked bynon-violent resistance and led by Mahatma Gandhi.
The Indian economy is the world's tenth largest economy by nominal GDP and fourth largest economy by purchasing power parity. Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India has become one of the fastest growing major economies, and is considered anewly industrialized country; however, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, illiteracy, corruption and inadequate public health. Anuclear weapons state and a regional power, it has the third-largest standing army in the world, and ranks tenth in military expenditureamong nations.
India is a federal constitutional republic with a parliamentary democracy consisting of 28 states and
seven union territories. It is one of the five BRICS nations. India is a pluralistic, multilingual, and multiethnic society. It is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety ofprotected habitats.
